Lives of the Irish saints : with special festivals, and the commemorations of holy persons, compiled from calendars, martyrologies and various sources, relating to the ancient Church history of Ireland . h,^ iHshop of Tiiam, and Au h-bishop of Connaui;ht, who nourished in the year 530 ; as also one of hissuccessors. Aidiis Olloissin, Archbishop of Connaught, who died 10R5 ; appointed Arciibisliop of Mvinster, before tiie year 490, by St. Tatrick ;Mailbrighde. Archbishop of Minister, who died S95 ?^ and Cormac,^ who iscalled Archbishop of Cashcl, as also King of Minister, and wlio was
Lives of the Irish saints : with special festivals, and the commemorations of holy persons, compiled from calendars, martyrologies and various sources, relating to the ancient Church history of Ireland . h,^ iHshop of Tiiam, and Au h-bishop of Connaui;ht, who nourished in the year 530 ; as also one of hissuccessors. Aidiis Olloissin, Archbishop of Connaught, who died 10R5 ; appointed Arciibisliop of Mvinster, before tiie year 490, by St. Tatrick ;Mailbrighde. Archbishop of Minister, who died S95 ?^ and Cormac,^ who iscalled Archbishop of Cashcl, as also King of Minister, and wlio was killedin the year 903—all of these instances are relied on to prove Colgans state-ments. Again he refers us to notes, annexed to his life of St. Maidoc,^ forfurther jiertinent remarks, respecting this subject.° At the dates to which allusion is made, it must be observed, that thetitle of Archbishop will not be found severally ai)plied in the Annals of theFour Masters. Our readers are also referred for further accounts, on thismatter, to difierent lives of the saints already named, and to where their actsare wTitten, in other parts of this work, luidcr the dates of their Ruins on Rock of Cashel. By some, it is thought, that to Emly,asbeing a more ancient see than^Cashel,must rather be assigned the former superintendence of St. Albert.^ It hasbeen conjectured, however, by most of our ecclesiastical writers, that ourpresent saint was called Archbishop of Cashel, not because this see had beenerected in the time of Albert, but that when afterwards erected, it was re- 3 Venerated the 3l5t of January. ?? Vene-rated the 17th of June. ^ .^ce his Life atthe 6th of June. See his Life at the 12thof September. See Dr. ODonovans Annals of theFour Masters, vol. i., pp. 552, 553. * See his Life at the 14th of September, 9 At the 31st of January. ^ See Acta Sanctorum Hibemise, , n. 2, p. 40. See Dr. ODonovans edition, vols, i.,ii. See Dr. Lanigans Ecclesia
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